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Changes to lore & in-game notifications
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Leonard Nimoy II
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-10-24 23:49:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Leonard Nimoy II
Note: TL;DR at the bottom.

So.....been about this for a bit. I've seen a lot of forum posts, in-game chatter, etc. about Eve-Lore and how it needs to be a more prominent feature of the game. To make EVE feel more like a dynamic world with things happening, events going on, etc.

Recently....a lot of this stuff happens in dev blogs etc. rather than in-game, and so it feels very disconnected from the in-game experience (It doesn't make sense to have lore-related content delivered in the same manner as technical patch notes; feels like it's not very connected to the in-game experience).

My suggestion is to remove lore-related dev-blogs etc. from the startup window - and instead, when there is lore-related news (like the recent "Anomalous Materials thing), have it appear in-game in the form of a news window instead that can be accessed via the neocom.

I'm talking about something like this (click here), but with slightly different coloring or style to indicate that it's lore-related in-game news/updates which can be opened from the neocom when new lore-related content has been released.

TL;DR: It doesn't make sense to have lore-related content delivered in the same manner as technical patch notes; proposal is to remove them from the login screen, and replace with an in-game news window. Make it feel like it's actually part of the game rather than part of dev blogs.
elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#2 - 2014-10-25 00:20:55 UTC
Leonard Nimoy II wrote:
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My suggestion is to remove lore-related dev-blogs etc. from the startup window - and instead, when there is lore-related news (like the recent "Anomalous Materials thing), have it appear in-game in the form of a news window instead that can be accessed via the neocom....


...and the notification thingy

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Leonard Nimoy II
Doomheim
#3 - 2014-10-25 00:45:05 UTC
yer, notification thing-a-ma-jig Big smile
Tinukeda'ya Naskingar
Minmatar Expeditions ltd.
#4 - 2014-10-25 01:46:56 UTC
And on the billboards and on the tv in CQ. The "world news" should definitely be available in-game doesn't matter how.

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Leonard Nimoy II
Doomheim
#5 - 2014-10-25 16:53:52 UTC
I've lost the image now but there was a pic from fanfest of a new form of billboard outside stations; could also be one method. :)
Jack Carrigan
Order of the Shadow
#6 - 2014-10-26 06:15:39 UTC
Concur.

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